Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ ...... t- oo O"l ....... ~ ~ c-r .... Cl,) ...0 8 Cl,) ;> 0 Z Scott Plessinger storms int o the lead shortly after the start. He f in ished third overall . while Henry Stankiewicz (20B) captured the Sen ior A class victory on a Husky. Yamaha-mounted Mike Toole captured fifth overall and took fourth place in the 250cc A class. 22 .T wo mor e laps arou nd th e fast trail saw Bosn ic contin ue to sligh tly stretc h hi s lead , but a sixt h lap slip just befor e th e halfwa y mark allow ed Su m me rs lO red in th e Suzuki. At tha t chec k Bosni c's lead was tim ed at 10 seconds, 20 seco nds sho rter th an a lap previous. Loj ak was by now up to th e number five position. An other Suzuki to tak e home fir st pl ace honors was Junior leader Bill Moroz. The Pennsyl vania +25 rider co nt ro lled a lead in excess o f an ent ire la p a t th e chec kered flag a fter three hours o f quick a nd co nsistent trai ling. Husqarna pilot Gary Ship ley was th e class runner-up, whil e Yamaha riders Don Cannon and Craig Seifert a nd Husky man Steve Zatezalo rounded o u t th e top five. In th e Open B cla ss Kevin Condon ca me all th e wa y from Indiana to claim th e win , pushing hi s H onda to a fin al three minute lead o ver home-stat er G len n Scha ffer. Ma ryland 's Donald Sm ith was next, with West Virg in ia KTNI rider Sa m Dyke a nd a no the r Maryl and fas t-g uy, H onda-m ounted Ri ch a rd Curtis. fini shing up th e first Iive, Seni or A winner Henry Stan kiewicz tra veled a ll th e way from New J ersey lO ens ure a top th ree finish in th e final class rankings, a nd a top finish a t Hi gh Point made the trip a s uccess. Behind th e Hu sk y.mounted winner ca me series cham p J oseph Hull a nd Mar yland 's Mike Parks. The Sen io r B class was a no the r close one , with Yam aha's Vandenberghe taking th e first p lace finish from Pennsylvania 's Fred Huth by less than a minu te. Huth, ab oard a Husky for th e run , held an additio na l 10 minu tes on third pl a ce rider Ri ch ard SCOll. David Dehner he ld fourth with Steve Zdybi cki rounding o u t the front five. In th e Super Sen ior B bailie John y Lee con tin ued hi s winning wa ys with yet an other top finish . The class cha m p was chased this tim e b y Kawasaki -mounted J oh n Buk a and ser ies ru n ner- up Roger R hoades. With four lap s to go Bosnic's lead was back up lO 30' seconds, but Summers had yet to make his mov e. Just into the third hour Summers turned up the vo lu me and suddenl y wiped out th e lead er 's gap. For th e n ext tw o laps Summers woul d hound Bosni c, but the front-runner wa s m akin g so me m i s tak e -fr ee moves through th e late-lappers a nd co nt in ued to hold hi s own. Further back Loj ak was a lso on the go, and a t th e 10th lap check just 30 seconds sepa ra ted his Yam aha from th ird and fourth pl ace rid ers Plessinger and Conner. With two laps left Lojak ran down Conner a nd began to appl y th e pressure o n Plessin ger. Finally, wit h less th an half a lap lO go in th e 12 lap event, Loj ak went by Plessin ger for wh at a p peared a t th e tim e lO be th e third best rid e of th e day. Charl es Ha wk , o ccupyin g th e runner-up positi on in th e fin al series stand ings . took hi s Honda to th e Ma sters class win. T he Ohio wood s ace to p p ed Penns ylvania 's John T oo le lO ca rd the win. And a t th e other end o f th e ag e bracke t came Mi n i clas s winner Kelvin H ul l. The West Vir gini a yo u ngs te r wa s com pe ting as 'part of th e mornin g Minibike Exh ihitio n run. Sh awn Stros ni der score d seco nd. In th e 250cc B class part-time motocrosser Cra ig Brook s look ed right a t home o n the trail , runnin g down a conv inc ing division win over ser ies runner-u p Martin Daubert . Brook s ra n up a five minute lead on his H onda-m ounted ri val to secure th e win. KTM 's Mark Steel , J oe Farber a nd Kevin Cordray came next in the final tall y. With th e entire pack looking on Bosnic and Summers set o u t for the fin al loop o f the three hour race just less than 10 seco nds apart. But before a ny handlebar-banging could tak e pl ace Summers d ropped a cha in and th e race was lost. Bosnic, with the first real breathing room of th e da y. was th en able to style hi s way hom e with th e p opular upset win. Summers, meanwhile, con tin uedto have prob lems with his ride and lost hi s cha in twi ce more before it finall y wrapped itself a ro u nd his coun tershaft sprocket . Lojak 's comeback was co m p le te when h e moved a ro u nd th e downed XR conte nd . Pl essinger. Corner, and Toole also eventua lly mov ed by Summers in the final co u n t. • Results 0 / A: 1. Sammy Bosn ic (Su:); 2. Stanley Lojak ' . (Yam); 3, Scon Plessinger (Kaw); 4. O' aoe Conner u (Yam); 5. Mike Tool e (Yam); 6. Scott Sum mers (Hon ); 7 . H enry Stankiewicz (Hus ); 8 . Mike McCarren (Yam); 9. Todd Cuprys (Yam); 10 . Charle s HuegeIIHus); 11. Jos eph HuIlIKTM); 12. Bill Noroz (Suz); 13 . John Vincent (Hus); 14 . Gary Sh ipley (Hu s); 15. Don cannon (Yam); 16. Ben Hamrick (kaw); 17. Craig Seifen (Yam); 1B. Steve latezalo (Hus); 19. M ike Parks (KTM); 20. Charle s Daile y (Han). OPEN A : 1. Stanl ey Loja k (Yam); 2. Scott Summers (Han); 3. Todd Cuprys (Hus); 4. Charle s Huege l (Hus); 5. John Vin cent (Hus). 250 A: 1. Sammy Bosn ic (Suz); 2. Scott Pies· singer (Kaw) ; 3. Duan e Conner (Yam); 4. Mike Toole (Yam); 5. David Jones (Yam). 200 A : 1. M ike McCarren (Yam); 2. Ben Hamrick (Kaw ). ' 4·STRK A: 1. Char les Dailey (Han ). SR A: 1. Henry Stank iewicz Jr . (Hus); 2. Jose ph Hull (KTM ); 3 . M ike Par ks (KTM); 5 . Edwin Brailsf ord (KTM ). JR : 1. Bill Moroz (Suz); 2. Gary Shipley (Husl; 3. Don Cannon (Yam); 4 . Craig Seifen (Yam); 5. Steve Zatezalo (Hus). OPEN A: 1. Kevin Condon (Han ); 2. Glenn Schaff er (Yam); 3. Donald Sm ith IHusl; 4 . Sam Dyke (KTM ); 5. Richard Cunis (Han). 250 B: 1. Craig Brooks (Han); 2. Manin Daubert (Han); 3. Mark St eel e (KTM); 4. Joe Farber (Han); 5. Ken Crodray (Honl . 200 8 : 1. Joh n Petrill a (Yam); 2. David Davies (Kaw) ; 3. J oseph St ritzinger (Kaw(); 4 . J oe Heckle (Suz); 5. Rob Mi tch ell (KTMI . 4-STRK B: 1. Tracy Warrington (Han); 2. M ike Dinger (Hus); 3. Kevin Hows er (Hon); 4 . Mark Niggemyer (Hon); 5. Kevin Hagedorn (Han). SR B: 1. James Vandenberg he (Yam); 2. Fred eri ck Hut h (Hus); 3. Richard Scott (Yam); 4. David Deh ner (Suz); 5. Steve Zdybicki (Yam). S/SR B: 1. Joh nny Lee (Yaml ; 2. John Buka (Kaw); 3. Roger Rhoades (C·A) . M STR: 1. Charles Hawk (Han); 2. John Tool e (Yam). . MIN I: 1. Kelvin Hull (Yam); 2. Shawn Strosnider (Han).

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